Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause a lacerating injury.

You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless devaluation of self.

Dear me, how I love a library.

You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here.

I'm trying to dismantle a stereotype that in order to live any kind of creative life, you have to be in torment and suffering. We're addicted to this idea because it makes for good bio pics... but I actually think it's better to live a life where you're constantly exploring your curiosity and creativity.

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.